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Randall Edwards
Jun 4, 2012
Randall Edwards Lay, age 58 of Calhoun died Monday June 4th at his residence following a sudden attack. Randall was born in Floyd County November 23, 1953, son of the late Henry Grady Lay, Jr. and Bettye Jean Edwards Lay. He loved the outdoors, playing his guitar and especially UGA football. Randall was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist...
Polly Lee Hightower
May 31, 2012
Polly Lee Hightower, age 80 of the Scottsville Community died at 6:00 PM, Thursday, May 31 at her residence. Polly was born in Gordon County, October 2, 1931, daughter of the late Donald Lee Jacks and Mary Langston Jacks. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Hightower, a daughter, Angela Kay Hightower, and two sisters, Patsy Dixon and...
Jerry Ray Tate
May 30, 2012
Jerry Ray Tate, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at his residence. Jerry was born on October 25, 1950 in Gordon County. Son of Linnie Mae Tate and the late Joe Tate. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by; his mother-in-law Billie Pauline Nicholson and his sister Kathy Shoemaker. Survivors include;...
Irene Ward
May 28, 2012
Irene P. Ward, age 90 of Resaca, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012 in Gordon Hospital. Irene was born on January 14, 1922 in Murray County, GA. Daughter of the late William Virgil Parker and Jessie Brackett Parker. Irene was a member of Timms Chapel Church of God and attended Mt. Zion and Resaca Baptist Church. In addition to...
Opel Thomas Brown
May 27, 2012
Mrs. Opel Brown, age 102 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday May 27th in Gordon Health Care. Mrs. Brown was born February 3, 1910 in Murray County, daughter of the late Will and Emma Burks Thomas. She was a member of the Casey Springs Methodist Church and was employed by O-Jay Mills prior to her retirement. Besides her parents she was...
Darlene Surber Sanchez
May 20, 2012
Darlene Surber Sanchez, age 54 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at her residence. Darlene was born on April 19, 1958 in Crummies, KY., daughter of the late John M. Surber and Stella Smith Surber. She was preceded in death by one sister, Vickie Surber McCallister. Survivors include; her husband, Mauro Sanchez Rodriquez of Calhoun, two sons;...
Hattie Pearl Wyatt
May 13, 2012
Hattie Pearl Horn Wyatt, 74, wife of Henry F. “Hank” Wyatt, of the Scottsville Community, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012. She was a retired SFC in the United States Army. She and Hank met in Masione Fort Orlean’, France, came back to the states and were married April 2, 1966, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, MD. Hattie was...
Wilburn "Tooter" Tate
May 12, 2012
Wilburn “Tooter” Tate, 72 of Sugar Valley, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Gordon Hospital after an extended illness. Tooter was born on May 23, 1939 in Gordon County. He was the son of Walter and Beatrice Silvers Tate. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers Tommy and Dodge Tate of Sugar Valley....
Edward Michael Fitz
May 12, 2012
Edward Michael Fitz, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Gordon Health Care. Edward was born on March 26, 1924 in Detroit, MI. Son of the late Michael Fitz and Blanche Krzak Fitz. He was of the Catholic faith and served in the United States Army during WWII. Prior to retirement he was employed by...
Jimmie Nell Smith
May 9, 2012
Jimmie Nell Smith, age 85 of Plainville, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at her residence. Jimmie was born on April 17th in Carroll County, GA. Daughter of the late Wylie Washington Garnette and Emma Marion Smith Garnette. Jimmie was a member of the Shannon Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Bertha Mae Stanley Dupree
May 8, 2012
Bertha Mae Stanley Dupree, age 85, of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday May 8th in Gordon Hospital. Bertha was born May 15, 1926 in Henegar, Alabama, daughter of the late Tom Stanley and Senie Dean Stanley. She was a charter member of the Tabernacle of Praise. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her two sisters, Ruby Gravitt and...
Roland Bryson
May 7, 2012
Roland Bryson, age 78 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2012 in Gordon Health Care. Roland was born on October 21, 1933 in Chattooga, GA. Son of the late Grady W. Bryson and Tiney Garrett Bryson. Roland was a member of the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, NC, but has been a resident of Gordon County for...
Wilma Joyce Rogers
May 2, 2012
Wilma Joyce Rogers, age 80 of Dalton, passed away on May 2, 2012 in Quinton Memorial Health and Rehabilitation. Wilma was born on June 22, 1931 in Henagar, AL. Daughter of the late Herman Alexander Powell and Velvie Jewell Thomas Powell Hudgens. Wilma attended the 11th Avenue Baptist Church of Dalton and prior to retirement was employed by Aladdin Mills...
Lawrence "Larry" Edwards
Apr 29, 2012
Lawrence Clinton Edwards, Sr., 86, of Goose Creek, SC, passed away April 28, 2012. Born in Dalton, GA, he was the son of the late William Clinton and Ethel Staton Edwards and widow to Mary Edwards, who passed away in 2001. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Army Air Corp. and retired from General...
Floy Fay Smith
Apr 24, 2012
Fay Blankenship Smith, age 89, of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday evening April 24th in Gordon Health Care. Fay was born June 8, 1922 in Murray County, daughter of the late Frank Blankenship and Ollie Mae Hall Blankenship. She was loved by her family and known for her sense of humor as well as her love of life. S he enjoyed...
Iona "Beck" Hollingsworth
Apr 24, 2012
Iona “Beck” Hollingsworth, age 85 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her residence. Beck was born on August 21, 1926 in Chattooga County, GA. Daughter of the late Wilburn “Webb” A. Miller and Ruby Inez Brown Miller. Prior to retirement she was employed by Ingles Supermarket. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Terry Lee Warren
Apr 23, 2012
Terry Lee Warren, age 55 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2012 at his residence. Terry was born on November 23, 1956 in Floyd County. Son of Leonard Warren and Jean Brown Warren. Terry served his country honorably in the United States Army as a member of the elite 82nd Airborne Division, after his discharge he continued to...
Teresa Shirley DeFoor
Apr 22, 2012
Teresa Shirley DeFoor, age 55 of Calhoun, passed away at her residence Sunday morning April 22nd. Teresa was born June 23, 1956 in Floyd County, daughter of the late Evelyn Holbert. She was of the Pentecostal faith and was employed at Waffle House prior to her death. Survivors include her son, Richard DeFoor and her sister, Rebekah Johns and her...
Charles Richard Morrison
Apr 22, 2012
Charles Richard “Dickie” Morrison, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at his residence. Charles was born on March 9, 1933 in Tampa, FL. Son of the late Walter Clyde Morrison and Mary Belle Harper Morrison. Charles was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church and taught Sunday School for over 40 years. He was...
James Billy Lackey
Apr 20, 2012
Billy was born March 24, 1935 in Gordon County. Son of the James Robert Lackey and Addie Lewis Lackey. He was a member of the East Gate Baptist Church and was employed by the City of Calhoun’s electrical department for more than 40 years prior to his retirement. Billy had also served in the Georgia National Guard. Besides his parents...
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